cautionary tale

At the heart of this cautionary tale sits the cigar-chomping Mr Cayne, who revelled in his firm's image as Wall Street's scrappy outsider.

Unfortunately, Guo's fate doesn't seem to have served as a sufficiently cautionary tale for other officials.

her life became a cautionary tale of the risks a Chinese citizen takes if she stands up for her rights.

No doubt the developments are scary, but the crisis may serve more as a cautionary tale than the big game-changer over nuclear power.

She said she hopes her experiences will serve as a cautionary tale for other young women on the trail of easy money.

IT WAS once seen as a model for Chinese firms eager to take on the world, but is now considered more of a cautionary tale.

Asked on the red carpet if it was a cautionary tale, Sir Michael replied: "It is a warning, it is a warning. "

Macbeth is a primer in how (not) to be a corporate wife; The Merchant of Venice is a cautionary tale about reckless lending.

This quintessential cautionary tale, with its intimate, conversational tone, humorously warns young readers about the perils of misbehaving.

It is only too easy to consider yourself immortal after you have imbibed rather too freely. This is the cautionary tale of jimmy anderson.

And he goes on to say, "The landmark Stanford study provides a cautionary tale for all military operations. "

He nudges them to pipe down and study. He offers his own "hectic" life as a cautionary tale.

That is now routinely cited as a cautionary tale against premature fiscal tightening since it was followed by a steep recession.

One cautionary tale about the perils of relying on a homogenous food source revolves around the humble potato.

But we increasingly are seen less as a model or as an empire than as a cautionary tale of national neglect and decline.

At the moment, gambling is banned across China, except in Macao. The history of Hainan in the 1990s offers a cautionary tale.

It's a cautionary tale for anyone whose company is now in the throes of a merger.

the way this narrative comes around every few years as a cautionary tale meant for younger women not to wait too long or be too picky.

Instead, some now see Thailand as a cautionary tale of a botched democracy.

One cautionary tale is Bally, the Swiss shoemaker bought by US buy-out firm TPG in 1999, the peak of the last stock market bubble.

Its neighbour, Japan, offers a stark cautionary tale in the dangers of relying only on exports as the catalyst for growth.

It's a cautionary tale of a culture whose young women can imagine only parasitic hobbies.

A key episode during the Great Depression provides a cautionary tale.

He offers his own "hectic" life as a cautionary tale.

But the experience of a prolific Chinese app company called Molinker offers a cautionary tale.

Across India, Gurgaon is both a model and a cautionary tale.

That cautionary tale has settled, to one degree or another, in the minds of ordinary citizens far and wide.

Before it agrees, however, Washington should recall a cautionary tale: British Leyland.

Just like Iceland, Dubai is a cautionary tale of what happens when an economy grows too fast and too lopsidedly.

Japan is a cautionary tale for anyone with an eye for green shoots.

Japan looks like a cautionary tale for the west.

Developments in journal publishing in Latin America - a cautionary tale?

He lives on, in part, as a cautionary tale told by author Malcolm Gladwell.

Such critics also wonder whether investors have forgotten the cautionary tale of the 1980s U. S. farm crisis.

In his artist's statement on the Super Columbine website, Ledonne says he created the game as a kind of cautionary tale.

This is really just a cautionary tale.

But it is still a cautionary tale for America.

Kenneth and Tiffany heard Hahn's story as a cautionary tale.

That, and many similar instances, should provide a cautionary tale.

Snyder says Fatal Attraction, a cautionary tale about the dangers of adultery, has a similar theme.

Q-Cells provides a cautionary tale for corporate Germany.

Nevertheless, the US experience of the 1870s is a cautionary tale.

But Guo's career also offers a cautionary tale in overexposure.

Fatal Risk: A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide.

Canada provides a cautionary tale.

A cautionary tale here is Chinese social networking giant RenRen.

Japan's collapse back into recession in 1998 is a cautionary tale.

The 1937 episode provides a cautionary tale.

It's a cautionary tale, but not an isolated one.

But the winners have a cautionary tale to consider.

It is a cautionary tale for any foreign company seeking a joint venture in China.

To some degree, this is really a cautionary tale here, as we almost fell for this story ourselves.

And they can draw on the fresh memory of Iraq as a cautionary tale.

I enjoyed your post and have tweeted because I think it's an important cautionary tale.

MySpace, which was bought by News Corp in 2005, offers a cautionary tale.

Those who laud the Chinese cultural bias for savings might also discover a cautionary tale in the recent circumstances of Hong Kong's rich.